Waistline help needed....

[Baby Gorilla]

I'm trying to get some honest info on something that drives me nuts.

Some guys have 30-31" waists yet significant mass (even over 200 lbs). I know a lot of this is genetics. Some people have a frame that gives them a narrow waistline at 10% body fat.

I've been down to 8-10%. I had a 33" waist, but couldn't get lower than that. After bulking, I'm up to a depressing 37", but it's coming down now that I'm cutting.

I'm described as "barrel-chested." I can feel the illiac crest of my pelvis rather easily under my skin, so there's not a lot of fat there. Do some guys just have a lot of girth at the midsection even when lean? This is driving me nuts.

Also, how much does your waistline grow with lean bulk? I know the abs and back don't seem like a lot, but it occurs to me as your lower back, abs, and obliques get stronger, they likely would add a few inches around the waist rather than get narrower.

 

[BBBodie]

You and I share the same problem.

I was down to 8% and held a 33" waistline, I've bumped up to 34.5 or so (my 34's are snug) but in that time I've added over 25# to my frame (fat and muscle combined).

I'm cutting now, using fina, cardio and will finish with Winny to see where I'm at, but I found the harder/leaner I got, the smaller my waist got due to loss of internal fat (not just sub-surface) around the organs.....so I never really saw an increase in waist more than 1/2" to an 1" over the year.

Bo

 

[gsxr1000]

Sometimes it's just genetics. At my best shape I was at approx 185# ripped w/ a 27 3/4 in. waistline. But I had friends that had simmilar dimensions that simply couldn't get below a 30 in. waistline.

 

[Baby Gorilla]

Oye....

Anyone know how one can figure out how narrow their waistline should be? There must be a way to calculate it by knowing something about how your bodyshape and pelvic bone is strucutred.